BEIJING (AFP) - Chinese authorities have shut down 1,507 pornographic websites in an online clean-up that has included ordering Internet giants like Google to sever links to vulgar sites, state media...
PARIS (AFP) - Scientists have for the first time replicated an elusive seafood toxin found in shellfish and certain algae that can cause illness and even death, according to a study released on...
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AFP) - Alaska was on alert as scientists warned that a volcano rumbling near the state's largest city Anchorage was likely to erupt.
Redoubt Volcano, which looms some 3,108...
DAVOS, Switzerland (AFP) - Hundreds of millions of mosquito nets and anti-malaria kits are to be distributed by 2010, officials behind a campaign to halt about one million malaria deaths a year said...
US videogame lovers seeking fun during tough economic times are turning increasingly to free-to-play online games supported by advertising.
The number of visitors to online computer game websites...
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Millions of Iraqis voted in provincial elections on Saturday in a largely violence-free test for a nation struggling to emerge from years of sectarian strife and to boost its...
BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraq said on Thursday it was banning controversial US security outfit Blackwater from operating in the country over a 2007 Baghdad shooting involving its guards in which 17 civilians...
HONG KONG (AFP) - A Hong Kong filmmaker aims to lure audiences back to the cinema with what what he says is the world's first 3D erotic movie, according to a newspaper report.
Stephen Shiu Jnr.,...
MUMBAI (AFP) - "Slumdog Millionaire" received rave reviews from Indian critics on Saturday after it went on general release across the country, but got a more mixed response from the public.
The...
SYDNEY (AFP) - Britain's Queen Elizabeth II escaped possible assassination in Australia nearly 40 years ago when plotters tried to derail her train in mountains near Sydney, a retired detective has...
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